UCLA suited up in full pads for the second straight day Thursday, putting an emphasis on tackling during the open portion of practice. Here are notes and observations from UCLA’s sixth practice of training camp.

Injury notes

Colin Samuel returned to practice wearing a yellow, non-contact jersey. Chip Kelly said he was dealing with an ankle injury and is “day-to-day.”

Marcus Moore was in a yellow jersey Thursday, his first day among the injured players this training camp. Other yellow jerseys remained the same: Audie Omotosho, Otito Ogbonnia and Atonio Mafi.

Bo Calvert suffered what appeared to be a right leg injury during a special teams period. He was tackling a bag, but accidentally rolled onto the player running by who was supposed to be simulating the ball-carrier. Calvert was able to put some weight on his leg while walking off, but walked off gingerly while resting a hand on the shoulder of a trainer.

Personnel notes

Damian Alloway, who has been absent this fall, is not currently with the team. Kelly said simply, “he’s not in school right now.”

Notes and observations

The modified team period (four defensive backs and four linebackers vs. quarterbacks and receivers/tight ends) included the same No. 1 defensive alignment from the last time we saw it (on Day 4) but had some more changes on the second squad:

Devon Modster took the first reps in this period, followed by Matt Lynch, Austin Burton, Wilton Speight and Dorian Thompson-Robinson. I don’t think that’s an indication of the quarterback pecking order right now, but more so an indicator of who has the most experience within the team/system.

Theo Howard, Christian Pabico and Caleb Wilson were among the receiving options in with the first offensive unit. I couldn’t see who the far receiver was.

The kicking period was a short 12 kicks. J.J. Molson made 5 of 6 all from 27 yards. His one miss was just barely wide. Andrew Strauch made 1 of 2 from 42 yards. Crawford Pierson and Quentin Wallace were both 0 for 2 from 42 yards.

Thuc Nhi Nguyen has covered UCLA for the Southern California News Group since 2016. A proud Seattle native, she majored in journalism and mathematics at the University of Washington. She likes graphs, animated GIFs and superheroes.